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Family NEMASTOMATIDA. 
Nemastoma lugubre (0. F. Miiller). 
This very distinct species (black, with two rather con- 
spicuous whitish spots) is common all over the district, 
concealing itself under stones, logs, fallen leaves, etc. We 
have found it at all seasons of the year; most frequently, 
however, between autumn and spring. It is generally distri- 
buted in Britain, and widely spread on the Continent. 
Salisbury Crags, Rosslyn, Woodhouselee, Bonaly Glen, Pettycur, etc., 
Feb. and March, 6s and @s common; Greenbank, March (1895), several és 
and ¢s under stones, where they had survived the great frost of the two 
previous months; Colinton, Dalmeny, etc., April, ¢s and 9s; near Dalkeith, 
May, a few; Penicuik and Dreghorn, July, a few ?s; Braid Hills, Aug., 9s; 
Tyninghame, Sept., frequent; Morton, Oct., és and @s; Craigmillar, 
Colinton, Morton, Kirknewton, Linhouse, Nov., gs and @s common; 
Blackford Hill, Merchiston, Kaimes, Bridge of Allan, Dec., a number of gs 
and 9s; ete. 
Nemastoma chrysomelas (Hermann). 
While probably of general distribution, this—in many 
respects the most attractive of our Phalangids—is to be 
found in the same situations as the last, but much less 
frequently, and in smaller numbers; indeed, in our experience, 
single examplesaretherule. Despite its delicate appearance, 
it (in common with other small species) occurs chiefly during 
the winter half of the year. Mr Cambridge records it from 
both the north and south of England. It occurs in Ireland; 
and on the Continent in France, Germany, Austria, and Italy. 
Mortonhall, Nov., ¢; Linhouse, Nov., ad. 9; Bridge of Allan, Dec., ?; 
? 
Braid, Jan., 6; Hillend (foot of Pentlands), Feb., three; Rosslyn, March, 
one ; Loganlee (Pentlands), Sept., 9; ete. 
Order -CHERNETIDEA: 
Family CHELIFERIDA. 
Obisium muscorum, Leach. 
This, perhaps the most widely distributed species of the 
order in the British Isles, is as yet the only one we have 
detected in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, where it occurs 
